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- Washington disgraced by state-sponsored highway
- 1936
- Washington disgraced by state-sponsored highway. - Although frequently reported as about ready to be reopened, Washington's much-vaunted "Scenic Highway" traversing the lower Grand Coulee and furnishing an important connection between two...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1936-07-23
- Good campaign bait
- 1936
- Good campaign bait. - It may be doubted that Mr. Roosevelt means deliberately to abandon the Grand Coulee when available funds have been exhausted, but the failure of White House pressure to get the additional $20,000,000 is significant. Every day...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Politics. 1936-05-05
- Knute Hill to fight for dam
- 1937
- Knute Hill to fight for dam. - Representative Knute Hill of Washington's Fourth Congressional District said yesterday he will protest the exclusion from the national budget of an appropriation for a high dam at Grand Coulee.
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Politics. 1937-01-11
- Knute Hill for Coulee dam
- 1936
- Knute Hill for Coulee dam. - Congressman-elect says cheap power would prove benefit. - Knute Hill of Prosser, congressman-elect, believes that the Columbia basin project is "the biggest hope of Washington's future," but he warns that "at a time...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Politics. 1936-11-26
- Says Coulee power is owned by public
- 1933
- Says Coulee power is owned by public. - Creation of a publicly-owned system to distribute electric power from the Grand Coulee in competition with private companies was advocated here today by Senator Homer T. Bone, Washington's junior United...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Power. 1933-12-04
- Muscle shoals ; Then Coulee dam
- 1933
- Muscle shoals ; Then Coulee dam. - Federal development of Washington's gigantic power project--Grand Coulee and the Columbia basin--will hinge upon approval of the Muscle Shaols project, Director of Public Works E. K. Murray said today on his...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Power. 1933-04-22
- Work at Coulee 6 months ahead
- 1926
- Work at Coulee 6 months ahead. - Acting Reclamation Commissioner John C. Page reported Saturday that construction of Washington's Grand Coulee dam is six months ahead of schedule.
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Publicity. 1926-06-09
- Says Coulee power is owned by public
- 1933
- Says Coulee power is owned by public. - Creation of a publicly-owned system to distribute electric power from the Grand Coulee in competition with private companies was advocated here today by Senator Homer T. Bone, Washington's junior United...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Publicity. 1933-12-04
- Scientist will hear about Coulee
- 1935
- Scientist will hear about Coulee. - Foremost scientists of the entire United States will hear about Washington's great Grand Coulee dam at Cleveland late this month, when Professor O. W. Freeman, of Cheney Normal school, will present the subject...
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Publicity. 1935-12-17
- Laborer Martin draws pay check
- 1935
- Laborer Martin draws pay check. - Washington's "No. 1" common laborer, Clarence D. Martin, otherwise governor of the state, was "paid in full" today.
- State history. Grand Coulee dam. Publicity. 1935-12-09
- Tribe asks right to fish in river
- 1937
- Tribe asks right to fish in river. - Remnants of one of Washington's most powerful Indian tribes turned to the United States district court today in defense of rights granted them in a solemn "white man's agreement" which ended bloody border...
- State history. Native Americans. Fishing. 1937-03-11
- Invite writers to tell Indian lore
- 1936
- Invite writers to tell Indian lore. - Washington had a rich lore of tribal Indian and pioneer life before the railroads came, and Guy Williams, State Director for the Federal Theatre, had invited Washington writers and playrights to dramatize its...
- State history. Native Americans. Legends & lore. 1936-09-18
- Indians' suit for $25,000,000
- 1926
- Indians' suit for $25,000,000. - Nineteen Indian tribes in western Washington have completed arrangements for a $25,000,000 suit against the government to obtain the fulfillment of promises made them in a treaty signed 70 years ago by Issac I....
- State history. Native Americans. Litigation. 1926-01-01
- Coast squaw dies at 118
- 1937
- Coast squaw dies at 118. - Mrs. Jennie Harmon, 118-year-old Indian, who claimed the title of Washington's oldest resident, died here. She was born in Ballard, Wn., in 1819, relatives said.
- State history. Native Americans. Obituaries. 1937-04-15